Fastening device



Dec. 17, 1929. R, Au us 1,740,262

FASTENING DEVICE Filed March 13, 1929 BY Q M v ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 17, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ROY PAULUS, OF FLUSHING, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO PAULUS-ULLMANN PRINTING CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEKV YORK FASTENING DEVICE Application filed March 13, 1929.

The present invention relates to fastening devices in the nature of bands for use in securing packages of merchandise such as neckties, stockings and similar articles of apparel.

An object of the invention is to provide a fastening device of the character referred to, composed of flexible material, preferably paper, which is so constructed as to economize to a certain extent in the amount of flexible material used, the parts being so especially constructed and combined as to provide certain incidental advantages.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient band-like device for securing together a package of merchandise.

These being among the objects of the present invention, the same consists of certain features of construction and combinations of parts to be hereinafter described and then claimed with reference to the accompanying drawings illustrating one embodiment of the invention and in which:

Figure 1 is a plan of the tie band or band proper, detached;

Fig. 2 is a plan of the lock-band, the parts being unfolded into fiat condition, before the lock-band is formed;

Fig. 3 is a plan showing a preliminary step in assembling the lock-band and tie-band;

Fig. 4 is another step in the assembly, before the two bands are actually secured together;

Fig. 5 is a plan showing from one side the bands assembled;

Fig. 6 is a plan of the other side of the assembled bands;

Fig. 7 is an enlarged transverse section on the line 7-7, Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a sectional elevation showing the fastening device looped to go over a package of merchandise, and

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the fastening device in actual securing position upon a package of merchandise such as neckties, for example.

Referring to Figs. 2 and 3 a lock-band 10 is provided, which in these figures is shown in flattened out unfolded condition, and it Serial No. 346,522.

comprises a part 11 intermediate of the two parts 12, 13, a part 14 being carried out as an extension from the part 13 and forming a short and stubby end. In these figures the broken lines indicate the lines on which the parts 11, 12, 13 and 14 may be folded, this band being preferably made of a single piece of paper or other suitable flexible material. The parts 11, 12 and 14 are of the same Width transversely of the band 10, and the part 13 is narrower. This narrowness is due to the removal of the material of the part 13 along its inner edge portion so as to provide a. cut out or recess 15 of the same dimensions longitudinally of the band 10, the ends of the recess extending beyond the part 13 and slightly into the parts 11 and 14. This recess 15 provides a straight line edge 16 at that edge of the part 13, which edge is parallel with the opposite edge of the lock-band 10, such opposite edge being formed by keeping the corresponding edges of the parts 11, 12, 13 and 14 in alignment. The short stubby end portion or part 14 is oblong transversely of the lock-band 10 and is long enough to just about fold nicely over the part 11 in the manner to be stated.

In Figs. 1, 3, etc., the tie-band 17 is illustrated which is also preferably composed of a single piece of flexible material, such as pa er, and at its inner end it is provided with a s ort tab 18 which is defined by the broken line shown in Fig. 1. The outer end 19 of the tie-band 17 is formed tapered or rounded off to facilitate its being threaded through certain parts of the complete fastening device. Referring to Fig. 3 the two bands 10, 17 are first placed crosswise so that the part 11 of the lock-band will be imposed upon the tie-band 17, just in advance of the short tab 18 thereof, and the lock-band is then folded over that portion of, the tie-band in such Way as to enclose the same, the part 12 being folded down against the opposite surface of the tie band 17 and the part 13 being folded over the part 12, so that the parts 12, 13 extend in opposite directions from the part 11, the folding of the lock-band being then completed by folding the short stubby end 14 over upon the intermediate part 11, as shown in Fig. 4. This will dispose the aligned straight edges of the parts of the lock-band adjacent to the fold line of the short tab 18 of the tie-band. Appropriate surfaces of the parts 11, 14 of the lock-band and the short tab 18 of the tie band having had suitable paste or glue applied thereto, as shown in Fig. 4, the tab 18 is turned over upon the parts 11, 14 and pressed thereto so as to seal the two bands together as shown in Fig. 5. If desired, the appropriate surfaces of the tab 18 may have had suitable paste or mucilage applied thereto sometime previously to the assembly, and it is then only neces sary to moisten the adhesive and press the tab down upon the underlying parts 11, 1 1.

It will be seen that the end portion 14 of the lock-band terminates on a straight line transversely of the folded up band, and that such terminal edge is parallel with the adjacent fold of the lock-band, the portion 14 occupying a comparatively small area, and that it is of substantially the same dimensions from edge to edge of the lock-band,s0 that as it is quite short, very little material is necessary therefor, and that by reason of its construction and general proportions it will be strong and durable in service and not be apt to become detached from the adhering short tab 18. It will be seen that when the bands are assembled that a very strong, durable and reliable connection is provided by the tab 18 which mutually adheres to the parts 11, 1 1 of the lock-band, and that a neat and uniform construction is provided at this portion of the device. Referring to Fig. 6 it will be seen that the edge 16 of the part 13 is set back considerably from the corresponding edge of the part 12, and that as the cut-out or recess 15 extends beyond the ends of the part 13, the adjacent edge portion of the part 12 provides a suitable leading or guiding surface into the throat or space between the parts 12,13.

Referring to Fig. 8, the fastening device has been shown as formed into a loop which, either before or after formation, may be placed over the package of merchandise, the tapered or threading end 19 of the lock-band having been passed through the throat or open space which is provided between the parts 11, 12 of the lock-band. As the folded edge portion of the tie-band between the tab 18 and the tie-band proper projects slightly 7 beyond the adjacent edges of the lock-band, such folded edge provides a leader for introducing the threading end 19 of the tie-band through the appropriate innermost space or throat of the lock-band, as shown in Fig. 8. After the fastening device has been looped up as shown in Fig. 8, the tie-band is drawn snugly around the package of merchandise, and the threading end 19 of the tie-band turned in the opposite direction and threaded through the outermost throat or space of the lock-band, as indicated in broken lines, thereby providing a bight in the tie-band, so that the fastening device is held to the package of merchandise, as shown in Fig. 9. It will be seen that the described recess 15, extending beyond the ends of the part 18, provides an ample and readily accessible outer throat or space through which the end 19 of the tie-band may be threaded, the evenly projecting edge portion of the part 12 furnishing a suitable lead to the end 19 of the tie band.

What I claim as new, is:

1. A fastening device, comprising a lock band of flexible material divided into four parts folded one upon the other, three of the parts being of substantially the same length, and the fourth part being a short and stubby end terminating along a line substantially parallel with the outer edges of the lock band, said fourth part being turned down upon the intermediate one of the other three parts, and a tie band consisting of a long strip of flexible material passed between adjacent parts of the lock band and having a short tab turned backwardly and sealed mutually to the said fourth part and the said intermediate part of the lock band.

2. A fastening device, comprising a lock band of flexible material divided into four parts folded one upon the other, three of the parts being of substantially the same length, and the fourth part being turned down upon the intermediate of the other three parts, the part between the intermediate part and the turned down fourth part having a slight cut out at its edge which extends slightly beyond its ends, whereby it is narrower than the other parts from end to end, four corresponding edges of said four parts being in align ment, and a tie band consisting of a long strip of flexible material passed between adjacent parts of the lock band and having a short tab turned back and sealed mutually to the said fourth part and said intermediate part of the lock band.

ROY PAULUS. 

